A white opaque glass scent bottle c.1780-90

A white opaque glass scent bottle c.1780-90, probably Beilby, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, of flattened pear shape, painted in black enamel with the name 'B * Walton', with a blue and puce foliate surround, the reverse with a colourful flower sprays, broken and restuck, 7.2cm.

Cf: a similar scent bottle dated 1780 and with the initials A*B was sold by Christie's, The Parkington Collection Part I, 16th October 1997, lot 113. Another, dated 1785, is in the Corning Museum of Glass, accession no. 86.2.23.